Baby-jumper



(NJModelJ) J. A. ESHBACH.

BABY JUMPER} No. 558,792. PatentedApr. 21, 1896.

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JENNIE ANN ESIIBACH, OF ITHACA, NEYV YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 558,792, dated April 21, 1896. Application filed October 10, 1894. Serial No. 525,483. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JENNIE ANN ESHBAOH, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Ithaca, Tompkins county, New York, have invented an Improved Baby- J umpcr, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

My invention is a baby-jumper, and relates to its vest, which, when in use, is put over the clothes of the child about its waist and body, and to a cross-bar, to which the vest is connected by strap-band s. The vest is made of two pieces of material, such as cloth, laced to each other; and since I wish no bearing to be made on the childs arms and shoulders, and to provide for the lacings, I make the armholes of the vest large and locate the lacings at the lower part of the armholes beneath the childs arms. The metallic crossbar hashooks at its ends to receive the strapbands and coils at the central portion, which coils have an elasticity sufficient to provide for the jumping.

My invention will be further apparent as I describe and claim it.

Figure 1 illustrates my jumper witha baby in it. Fig. 2 is a view of it spread out to show the construction of the corset.

In the figures, a indicates the central part of the corset and a at its two side portions. The part a has a cavity a for the neck of the child, and its upper corners are cut to make a part of a large open cavity, in which the arms and shoulders of the child are placed, and to its lower edge is attached a perineal band 6, that goes between the childs legs, giving it a broad seat, when the band is buckled to the part a or a. The two other parts of the corset have their upper inner corners cut away to make parts of the shoulder-cavities, and are laced to the sides of the part a beneath the arm-cavities for the purpose of adjustment to the size of the child. The corset is buttoned about the child, over its clothing, by the buttons and buttonholes cl d.

To the top of the j ust-nam-ed parts a a a the long bands 9 g are fixed, close to the shoulder-cavities, thereby loosely holding in place the shoulders of the child, and they extend up to and enter the hooks f" of the crossbar f. The suspension-bar f is made with hooks f" at each end and with a spring loop or eye f at its central portion, as desirable, to be used to give a part or the Whole of the jumping elasticity when the feet of the child just touch the floor of the room in which it is used. Vhen thought best, the usual coiled spring h is attached to and above the loop f of the cross-bar to give further elasticity, and a cord connects the cross-bar or spring h to the place of attachment of the jumper when in use. Everything else is believed to be apparent.

What I claim is The described baby-jumper, composed of the parts a, a, a, g, g and f, in combination with each other; the part a being the central portion of the corset by which the baby is held, with the perineal band 6 fast to it; the parts a a being side pieces of the corset laced to the central piece; there being armpits over the lacings, cut outpartially from the central piece, and from the side pieces; the parts 9 9' bands whose ends are fast to each side of the armpits, and whose upper portions are loops which fit into the hooks of the ends f of the cross-bar f and the part f being the suspension-bar with a spring-coil at its center as set forth.

JENNIE ANN ESHBAOI-I. Witnesses LYDIA MAY ESHBACH, LIZZIE WILLIAMs. 

